dessiatina
/dɛsjəˈtiːnə/
dessiatina noun: a Russian measure of land, roughly 1.1 hectares.
Noun
dessiatina (plural dessiatinas or dessiatiny)
- A Russian measure of land, roughly 1.1 hectares.
- The tract of land given by the emperor contains five hundred and forty-five acres, (twenty dessjatines,) being two thousand two hundred and five feet long, and one thousand five hundred and eighty-two wide at its greatest breadth.1849 July, “The Observatory at Pulkowa”, in The North American Review, volume 69, number 144
- I go shooting there every year, and it is worth five hundred roubles a desyatina cash down, and he is paying you two hundred on long term.1918, Leo Tolstoy, translated by Aylmer and Louise Maude, Anna Karenina, Oxford, published 1998, page 166
Forms of dessiatina
| plural | dessiatinas |
|---|---|
| plural | dessiatiny |
| alternative form | desiatin |
| alternative form | desiatina |
| alternative form | dessiatin |
| alternative form | dessiatine |
| alternative form | dessjatine |
| alternative form | dessyatin |
| alternative form | dessyatine |
| alternative form | desyatin |
| alternative form | desyatina |
Origin of dessiatina
From Russian десяти́на (desjatína, “tenth, tithe”).
Questions about dessiatina
- What does dessiatina mean?
- Dessiatina means a Russian measure of land, roughly 1.1 hectares.
- What part of speech is dessiatina?
- Dessiatina is a noun.
- How do you pronounce dessiatina?
- Dessiatina is pronounced /dɛsjəˈtiːnə/.
- What is the plural of dessiatina?
- The plural of dessiatina is dessiatinas.
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